Soft fold-collar.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. SHUMWAY, OF WATERFORD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 VAN ZANDT, JACOBS & CO., 0F TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

SOFT FOLD-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

Application filed September 11, 1916. Serial N o. 119,379. v

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY E. SHUM- WAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterford, county of Saratoga, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soft Fold- Collars, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawing, and the reference characters marked thereon which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

The principal object of the invention is to provide for the ready insertion within, and removal from, the band, of a soft foldcollar, of a stiifener-form adapted to hold the band in upright position in use, without adding to the number of plies of fabric in the band at any point.

Other objects of the invention will appear in connection with the following description:

Figure l is a plan view of a soft foldcollar unfolded and opened out flat.

Fig. 2 is aplan view of the facing-ply for the outer side of the band provided with the buttonholed slits which permit the insertion and removal of the stiifener-form when the collar is completed.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1, is the band; and 2, is the top attached to, and adapted to be folded over upon the band in the usual manner. The band and the top are each formed of a plurality of plies of textile fabric.

The band is provided with the usual back buttonhole 3, and front buttonholes 4 and 5.

The plies of the band are inturned and secured together by stitching, 6, along the edge of the band in the usual manner.

In carrying out my invention I form in the outer facing-ply, 7, of the band one or more buttonholed slits 8, which in the finished collar extend approximately from the lower edge-stitching, 6, to the upper edge-stitching, 6, of the band. These slits are cut and buttonholed in the facing-ply,

i?, as shown in Fig. 2, before said ply is incorporated in the band.

When the collar is completed the buttonholed slits, 8, are exposed on the outer sidev of the' band where they are covered and concealed by the folded-over top.

The buttonholed slits, 8, afford entrance to pockets formed between the plies of the band at the respective ends of the band, into which pockets the respective ends of a suitable stiffener-form of Celluloid or other suitable material may be readily inserted.

The stiii'ener-form is thus held in place by said pockets and serves to hold the band in upright form in use.

Certain advantages of the construction are the saving in expense due to utilizing the band-plies only in forming the pockets for the stiffener-form; and maintaining the band of uniform thickness throughout its length, which results in a more finished product from the laundry, and in an uninterrupted upper edge of the band along its line of junction with the top.

I preferably employ two buttonholed slits, 8, said slits being located on opposite sides of, and equidistant from the back buttonhole, 3.

The slits, 8, may be corded or a narrow reinforcing strip or patch of fabric, 9, may be applied to the inner side of the facingply, 7, at the points where the buttonholed slits, 8, are to be formed, the buttonholed slits being then formed through Vboth the facing-ply and the reinforcing patch.

Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. 

